Electric toaster



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@Filllllll f ELECTRIC TOASTER.

Specieation of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. lid, i926.

Application filed July 6, 1918. Serial No. 243,536.

To all Awhom t may concern:

Be it known that l, HUBERT J. MoU/mln, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rockville, in the county of Parke and State of Indiana, Vhave invented new and useful? Improvements in Electric Toasters, of which the following is a specification.

This 'invention is an improved electric toaster for toasting:r bread, marshmallows and for other analogous purposes, the object of the' invention being to provide an iniproved electric toaster of this kind which is simple in construction and which may be readily arranged either for toastino" 'bread or the like or for toasting marshn'iallows.

The invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of cle-- vices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a plan of an electric toaster embodying my invention and arranged' for use in toasting bread or the like.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same on a larger scale.

Fig. 3 is a detailed sectional view .of the same.

Fig. Ll is a vertical longitudinal section-al view of the saine when arranged lor use tor toasting marshmallows.

Fig. 5 is a detailed elevation or" the marshmallow holder.

Fig. 6 is a detailed sectional view of the Same on the plane indicated by the line 6 6 of Fig. 4. 5

ln thc en'lbodiment of the invention here shown I provide a base 1 and I also provide two pairs of standards which are arranged near the ends of the base and extend upwardly therefrom. A pair'olc grids l are arranged between the standards and pivotally mounted, each grid being provided at the ends with pivots e which are mounted in bearing openings near the upper ends of the standards. Hence the. grids may be partly turned and may be arranged either in horizontal position, as shown in l*`igs...l and 2 'for toasting bread or the like or may be turned to a vertical position and arranged in spaced relation and opposite each other, for toasting marshmallows, as shown in Fig. 4'., Each grid is provided with an elec-trie heating coil or element 5, such as are oonventionally shown or of any suitable type.

`The heating coils are connected together by a coiled conducting wire 6 and their-outer termina-ls 7 are'connected by coiled conducting Wires 8 to an electric cable or conductor 9 which passes through an opening` l0 and an insulator 1l with which the Ltise is pro vided atlone end.

`The standards vare provided with spring detents l2 which may be engaged at their free ends with openings 13, 14 with which the grids are provided, the tree ends of the dote-nts being engaged with the openings il: when the grids are in horizontal position, to hold .the grids in such position, and being engaged with the openings 13 when the grids are arranged in vertical position, as will be understood. A l

At the ends of the standard. are racks l5 which are here shown as made of wire Aand of substantially inverted Ushape, each rack being provided with a centrally arranged lJ-shaped arm 16. The said arms 15 are opposite the space between the grids when the latter are in vertical position and arms are adapted to receive a marshmallow holder 17 to support the same with the marshmallows therein between the grids and for toasting the marshmallows. The marshmallow toaster comprises a pair of end mem-- bers 18, l9 and a lower wire or bar 2() and an upper wire"or bar 2l. The ends of the lower Wire 20`zi're permanently attached to the end members.v One end of the wire 2l is permanently attached to the member i8.

rl"he other end of said wire 21 is free and' may be engaged in a lockingr notch with which the member 1S) is provided, to lock .i

said wire 2l and thereby hold the marsh mallows, indicated at a, in Fig. Ll, between said wires 20, 2l. The Ufshapedor slotted arms 16 enable the n'iarshmallow holder to be readily. arranged between or removed from between the grids. In practice only a. minute or two are required in which to thor-- ougrhly toast the marshmallows, the toaster acting very expeditiously.

lll/bile I havelherein sho wn and described a preferred forin of my invention, I would have it understood that changes may be made in the form, proportion and Vconstruc-v tion ot the several parts w1thout departing from the spirit of my invention and within the. scope ol' the .appended claims.

Having thus cescrihed my invention, I claim l. In combination with an electric toaster comprising a pair of grids pivotally mounted and adapted to be arranged either in horizontal position in a. comnion plane or in Vso y Vetrini-Sei *posiier specereatior; end ope holder corrmprisinf. e bei'. disposabie Within iower ends or' said slots, enel'nieribers secured upon the ens o seid ber? und e second bei: disposed vertically above seid rsi; named bei' und having one end rigidly Secured to @ne end n'xember and ite other end de'fofl-czflby engaged with he other end member; n

2. In eorrxbinetonwlh en 'electric oaster oomprisig e fpair of grids arranged in,

ing e. pair of end members, -zr rod rigidly secured *Se seid end members mid engaging wn'ahin die lower ends of md siete, and :L

4second. 'Wire member @deposed `above the mired to one @ml member and demoimbiy connected with the other mid member.

in eelmony whereof :i'ix my signature.

HUREN? J. MCCLAIN. 

